EDCI 607B Classroom Management

Participants in this course will gain knowledge of and a rationale for utilizing positive classroom management techniques. This class will promote teaching students to become self-managers of their behaviors through classroom participation in procedures, expectations and consequences; problem solving; decision making and communication methods. In addition, teachers will gain an understanding of various causes of misbehaviors, appropriate techniques for dealing with those behaviors, and the impact that positive classroom management has on academic success.

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Language Arts - Reading- Grade K

Standard: Concepts About Print

There are many activities that parents can do with young children to support classroom lessons with this standard. Besides daily reading with children, parents can make learning about print fun. Children must first notice print and become interested in wanting to learn how to unlock the secrets that print holds. Children are surrounded by print in their daily lives - in video movies that they watch, on their breakfast cereal boxes, on the treats that they want to eat. Even preschoolers recognize these...

For two activities to share with the parents of your Kindergarteners...

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Hello Everyone! I am Lynn Morrison and I have facilitated professional development courses for Learning Bridges since 2006. With each course I teach I come away with new ideas and strategies to use in my own fourth grade classroom. Learning from other teachers is what it is all about!

I am a veteran elementary teacher of 33 years having taught every level from kindergarten to fifth grade! I currently teach fourth grade at a private school in The Woodlands, Texas, where I reside with my husband of 36 years. We moved to the Houston area eight years ago from Orlando, Florida, where I was a gifted resource teacher in the public schools for five years. My greatest honor was being awarded a Disney “Teacheriffic” award for innovative teaching in Florida schools.

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Common Core Standards

Nearly half the states have adopted the Common Core Standards with little or no opposition. The learning expectations of the Common Core Standards emphasize both procedural and declarative knowledge, as well as higher level thinking skills Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation. Most State Standards now in existence now focus primarily on declarative knowledge at the Knowledge, Comprehension, and Application levels of the Taxonomy of Thinking. How is your district or state planning to transition to the new standards? What is the plan for supporting teachers in unpacking the standards and finding appropriate pedagogy to teach them? Do you feel ready to teach them? If not, what do you need to feel confident?

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